page_title: California League Most Valuable Player Award
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: California League Most Valuable Player Award / Winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Rocco Baldelli with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
context_page_description: The California League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the best player in minor league baseball's California League. In 1941, John Jorgensen won the first ever California League MVP Award.
  First basemen, with 13 winners, have won the most among infielders, followed by shortstops, third basemen, and second basemen. Nine catchers have also won the award. Seven players who won the award were pitchers. Twenty-six outfielders have won the MVP Award, the most of any position. Six players played during seasons for which position information is unavailable.
  Sixteen players from the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball organization have won the MVP Award, more than any other, followed by the San Diego Padres organization; the California/Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, and San Francisco Giants organizations; the St.
caption: Rocco Baldelli, 2002 California League MVP
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